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Webster 1913 Edition


Dandruff

Dandruff

(dăn′drŭf)
,
Noun.
[Prob. from W.
ton
crust, peel, skin + AS.
drōf
dirty, draffy, or W.
drwg
bad: cf. AS.
tan
a letter, an eruption. √240.]
A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.
[Written also
dandriff
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Dandruff

DANDRUFF

,
Noun.
A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.

Definition 2024


dandruff

dandruff

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Noun

dandruff (uncountable)

  1. Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
    Dandruff is on my collar again.

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